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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Chicago is reportedly willing to deal both Crochet and Luis Robert. Cue some crazy Boston offers that can't be refuted by pay sites. But first, eliminate names to save posters some time: Mata and Dalbec. Still eligible: Perales and Anthony...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sat right behind Worcester dugout at last night's game. Nice to see Lugo and Yorke swinging it as well as anyone there. But right now, Chase Meidroth looks the closest to the big leagues (guy puts the bat on the ball: 43 BB, 26 K -- how rare is that these days?) We know Meidroth is highly rated as a solid infielder with good hands, but he also uses the entire field to hit the ball where it's pitched. Bottom of the 9th, two outs, bases loaded, Woo down by three: with two strikes, Meidroth turns on a pitch and ropes it deep down the leftfield line -- just foul... all three baserunners were scoring and had to be sent back to their bases. Next pitch, Meidroth launches an outside pitch deep down the right field line -- just foul... again, he would've easily cleared the bags. Next pitch, he hits a hard grounder to short: force out, game over.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The lower Devers hits the ball, the further it goes. It makes sense that teams used to just throw high gas at him... but maybe he's finally looking down (but not trodden).
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Would you agree, then, that for owners who are all in, that specific value of one great star can generate enough interest -- and therefore tickets sales, concessions and souvenir sales, and increased advertising dollars -- that they can attract and afford additional top talent to surround that initial big money investment, with the ultimate goal of extending profits deep into every October?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let's see: all it took to get rid of Price and Sale was to only pay half their remaining contracts... and throw in a Hall of Famer in the former deal, and take on a constantly-injured 23-year-old in the latter... I'd say the best trade was Pablo Reyes for cash considerations. Right now, I'm considering my last five-dollar bill: should it be spent on an MLB-sponsored gambling site, to bet on how many more ballplayers will be banned for life -- or slapped down on the bar of a taproom, to pay for half a beer?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And it's been very painful for Grissom ever since.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not disagreeing with any of your post, but remember -- I'm not the CBO who said on the day he was hired he was prepared to make some painful decisions. Guess he's just a boyscout, and will always be prepared, when the day comes... a lot of us may still have one of those cardboard boxes of emergency military meals in the cellar -- but who is ever going to eat one (yes, the cardboard)?
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Still waiting for one of those "painful decisions" that means trading someone who might be good someday for someone else who might already be.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Knowing what we've seen with the FO the past half-decade, is it really a stretch when you consider the bold-faced part of your reply? After someone upstairs thought it was a good idea to pay their jack of all knives, is it unreasonable to assume that when the SS need arose, that those with the budget just said, "sorry, we're tapped -- going to have use Kike there"?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sale was DD's big whiff, but all the rest are on the Bloom/Breslow watch... and here's the thing: besides Yoshida (who someone upstairs thought was a smaaht idea), ALL the rest arguably do reflect how cheap JH has become: Cutting corners by signing reclamation projects for the rotation (that few other clubs were interested in), recruiting a shortstop replacement so they didn't have to pay more to keep the incumbent (who they could insult with a lowball offer, to ensure his exit), even the Kike extension -- which apparently excused them from signing a legitimate shortstop and sabotaged the first half of 2023.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not mocking this statement, but bitter customers charged among the highest prices in fandom by the third richest franchise in baseball have seen the blatant hypocrisy of paralysis for years now.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't see any scenario where this current ownership and its business plan will pay an only-decent 32-year old pitcher market value through his mid-30s. Maybe they can entice Pivetta to sign an extension if they offer an opt-out, where he can leave if he ever has an entire good season. Then he can get what the market will give him -- a salary the Red Sox will have no interest in matching.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So true, and though it looks like a manager all-in with his boss's roster construction, sometimes I think AC only uses some of those issued the laundry just to spite the guys who signed them. When performers are dreckful, the audience doesn't get what it pays for.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Starting with: traded from perennial contender to perennial pretender.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd pay Mookie.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Sam Kennedy were an egg-laying mammal, he'd spew duck-billed platitudes. If he were a dog, he'd eat mowed grass to help himself regurgitate redundancies. If he were a cat, we'd all be dodging hairballs.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No rotation can stay healthy with modern battle plans to sweep the elbow, so rich clubs that sincerely want to contend need to secure eight legitimate starting pitchers on the parent club and AAA taxi squad (who aren't White Sox castoffs).
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Giolito should opt out, since he blew out his elbow under Bailey's tutelage. And that way, the Red Sox can add another $19 million to any extension offers for Houck.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dustin Pedroia is arguably the greatest Red Sox infielder in post-integration history. He averaged 5 errors a year in 11 full-time seasons at second base. Statisticians can point to Wade Boggs, who led the majors in times on base for eight straight years (in an era when people called Rickey Henderson the best leadoff man of all-time). Boggs was a great hitter who became a good third baseman, but teammates, fans and media didn't consider him a leader on and off the field, like they did with Pedroia. BBRef Most Similar by Ages: Pedroia age 24 - Rod Carew; Boggs age 38 - Rod Carew. Career WAR for Boston: Boggs 71.9, Pedroia 51.9, Nomar Garciaparra 41.2, Rico Petrocelli 39.1, Xander Bogaerts 35.2, John Valentin 32.5, Kevin Youkilis 31.3, Mo Vaughn 24.7, Rafael Devers 20.1, Rick Burleson 18.3, Jody Reed 14.3, Marty Barrett 9.3, Brock Holt 8.6, Jerry Remy 6.5, Mark Bellhorn 4.1, Lou Merloni 2.4, Pablo Sandoval -1.6.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe we grew up, but definitely got older. My forehead definitely grew higher, though nothing grew inside it. Still prefer classic rock. Wonder if those who hip-hopped through rap will someday sit in rocking chairs, whispering words that shook cars waiting for lights to change.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So altogether, Sale was 97%? No wonder Atlanta gave up a future All-Star for him!
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Recent years lie." You've been doing the job exposing this organization since the offseason! I'd say you've consistently repeated the cons of these pros, but I grew up watching Clutch Cargo, a go-to guy when the going got tough. Eventually, a new department told me he was only a dock worker who just grabbed a lot of crates.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just got off the telly with Hassan Ben Sober. He said there's still a path to the wild card: Start at Jerkola, down the Insane River, over the Giva Dam, through Pushover, and across Shmowland, to the stronghold of Schmow. Personally, I might prefer sailing the Can't Sea, off the point of Oomphola, and go around Schmow to Slap Happia... as long as we avoid the Rans: Iran, He-Ran, She-Ran and They-Ran.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And Combs, Selkirk and Ruth had Gehrig constantly driving them all in. Lou averaged 89 extra-base hits over 162 games in 17 seasons. Ruth averaged 88 XBH in 22 seasons. Devers and Papi have had more than 88 XBH once each. Mookie, Manny, Yaz, Rice never. I know, level of competition has always been a factor pre- and post-integration. MLB is now recognizing Josh Gibson for the highest career batting average... that's great; but he didn't have to face Hubbell, Grove or Feller on a regular basis, either.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Lou Gehrig was able to sustain driving in 100 or more runs in 13 straight years before a deadly illness ended his repeated annual production. He must have some kind of consistent RBI ability, since the guy who batted right in front of him also had 100 or more ribbies 13 times, and wasn't always on base in front of Lou after knocking himself in with the most home runs in history for about half a century.
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